1815 Cloaked Pug Eupithecia abietaria

(Goeze, 1781)

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70.149 BF1815 Cloaked Pug Eupithecia abietaria

(Goeze, 1781)

Wingspan 21-23 mm.

A scarce species, once resident in a range of scattered locations throughout Britain, but apparently dying out in the early part of the 20th century. Since then it has been rediscovered in parts of England Wales and Scotland.

The species is also an immigrant, which may explain the re-occurrence.